Example sentences of "[pron] were among the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two ambulancemen , Mr Alan Woods and Mr Rob Lloyd of Putney Ambulance Station , who were among the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster a year ago , watched the morning trains speed by . |
| 2 | There are women miners here who were among the first to be laid off when Pittston sacked 4,000 of its 6,000 unionised miners in the early Eighties . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly they were among the first fossils to attract widespread attention . |
| 4 | When the exodus of children from Germany and Austria began , they were among the first to respond . |
| 5 | Beetles had fed on the pollen of cycads and they were among the first to transfer their attentions to the early flowers like those of magnolias and waterlilies . |
| 6 | At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions . |
| 7 | Three of them were among the first to be evacuated by the Red Cross from the notorious Banja Luka camp . |
| 8 | Two of them were among the first documentaries to be made about the war , and thus have considerable historical importance . |
| 9 | The importance that the Government place on this section is shown by the fact that it was among the first provisions of the 1989 Act to be brought into operation and the regulations made under it were among the first to be published . |